Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gladestony Estevão Paulino da Silva | ||
Date of birth | 5 August 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Bebedouro, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Giugliano | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008 | Santos | ||
2009–2012 | Desportivo Brasil | ||
2011 | → Icasa (loan) | ||
2011 | → Manchester United (loan) | ||
2011–2012 | → Twente (loan) | ||
2012 | → São Paulo (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2011–2014 | Desportivo Brasil | 0 | (0) |
2011 | → Icasa (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2013 | → São Paulo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Estoril (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2014 | → Internacional (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2015 | Audax | 3 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Estoril | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Cartagena (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2017 | Catania | 7 | (1) |
2017 | → Messina (loan) | 14 | (3) |
2018–2019 | Pro Vercelli | 18 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Siena | 17 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Seregno | 20 | (5) |
2021– | Giugliano | 93 | (13) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024 |
Gladestony Estevão Paulino da Silva (born 5 August 1993), simply known as Gladestony, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Italian Serie C Group C club Giugliano.
Born in Bebedouro, São Paulo, Gladestony started his career at Santos in 2008, but moved to Desportivo Brasil in the following year, as a part of a partnership with Manchester United. After a year at Icasa, he moved to the English powerhouse, being subsequently loaned to FC Twente; [1] [2] he was also close friends with Paul Pogba during his spell at the Red Devils. [3]
On 21 September 2012, Gladestony joined São Paulo, [4] being promoted to the main squad in February the following year. [5] He left the club on 5 July 2013, after making no senior appearances, and signed for Estoril Praia. [6]
After being rarely used (only one UEFA Europa League and one Taça de Portugal match), Gladestony returned to his home country in December, and signed a one-year deal with Internacional. [7] He made his Série A debut on 27 April 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute for Alan Patrick in a 2–2 away draw against Botafogo. [8]
On 13 July 2015, Gladestony returned to Estoril, after agreeing to a two-year deal. [9] After being released by Catania on 17 November 2017, [10] he joined Pro Vercelli on 3 January 2018. [11]
On 13 July 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with Siena. [12]
On 11 August 2020 he joined Serie D club Seregno. [13]
On 5 August 2021, he moved to Giugliano, also in Serie D. [14] Giugliano was promoted to Serie C for the 2022–23 season.